conquest
noun
con·quest
ˈkän-ˌkwest 
ˈkäŋ-;
ˈkäŋ-kwəst
1
: the act or process of conquering
2
a
: something conquered
especially
: territory appropriated in war
b
: a person whose favor or hand has been won
Examples of conquest in a Sentence
tales of the ancient army's conquests
She was one of his many conquests.
people who boast about their sexual conquests
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Bernal as a despotic and at times deluded Magellan persuades the Spanish Crown to fund his bold 16th century expedition to the fabled lands of the East, only to unleash a decade of devastation wreaked by European conquistadors in the Pacific as part of colonial conquests.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
Following his armies’ conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman sultan Mehmed II famously transformed the Hagia Sophia, built as a Christian church, into a mosque.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 24 May 2025
Initially met with shock and horror, the idea of the Russian conquest of Ukraine has since been normalized by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has called for letting Moscow keep some of this land.
—Ryan D. Griffiths, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
The game won't satisfy players who are looking for conquest or tactical combat, though, as that's not an emphasis.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
Following his armies’ conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman sultan Mehmed II famously transformed the Hagia Sophia, built as a Christian church, into a mosque.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 24 May 2025
Initially met with shock and horror, the idea of the Russian conquest of Ukraine has since been normalized by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has called for letting Moscow keep some of this land.
—Ryan D. Griffiths, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
The game won't satisfy players who are looking for conquest or tactical combat, though, as that's not an emphasis.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
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“Conquest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conquest. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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conquest
noun
con·quest
ˈkän-ˌkwest
ˈkäŋ-
1
: the act or process of conquering
2
: something conquered
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